closet
noun
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
had closeted
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past perfectof closet.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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We’ve had closeted freethinkers as president but never one who was out and proud.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2019
For three days he had closeted himself in a secluded Capitol office, writing observations of and conclusions from his ten-week inspection of the Far and Near East.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had closeted himself with high U.S. officers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The King asserted that some of the Churchmen whom he had closeted had offered to make large concessions to the Catholics, on condition that the persecution of the Puritans might go on.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
I had closeted him; and now I had time to consider the situation.
From Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida by Oliver Optic
